Doug Herling

Solar and storage developer. Rocks and sustainability by training. Energy Twitter lurker.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Texas forever.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator.

[Doug Herling @DougHerling]

@KMKowalski @ccbecker271 @OakTreeCom @OhioEnviro @OhioSierraClub @CandBP @CanaryMediaInc I bet a solar project could do the same with zero consequences, right?

[Michael E. Webber @MichaelEWebber]

Does "not anytime soon" mean right after the election?

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

Texas was built by hope. By people who had no business believing — but believed anyway.

To every Texan who’s ever wondered if anyone in power is paying attention: We are taking our state back.

Because a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The President is now exempt from our tax laws while everyone else has to obey them.

Got it.

It's just mind blowing that is what's happening in America.

[Doug Herling @DougHerling]

@ArushiSF @VKDev1 We lost so many RFPs to projects that were a buck cheaper but loaded with basis risk. It always felt like whoever was vetting projects had the filter on the wrong column.

[Doug Herling @DougHerling]

@duncancampbell Comprehensive community benefit package, setbacks that avoid incremental daytime and night acoustic impacts above 5dba increase from baseline, net zero carbon emissions, closed loop cooling, strengthening local grid

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

If you put that ethanol into the combustion engine of a car (that throws ~75% away as heat) and compare it with an electric vehicle, the end result becomes ~500:1 in favor of solar.
And solar can go on roofs or be combined with other agricultural appliations.

[Doug Herling @DougHerling]

@KUTnathan 53rd/Airport/Bruning/Eilers/Middle Fiskeville/Clarkson/Redline is a traffic fever dream

[Doug Herling @DougHerling]

@clawrence Eierlegende Wollmilchsau. Look it up - exactly what they are looking for!

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

$3620/kW for a massive new gas power complex. Combined cycle power plants are apparently now are 3.5x more expensive than they were just a few years ago, even when building multiple at one site (with govt backing). Rethink the idea that new gas is a cheap (or quick) path to power

[Doug Lewin @douglewinenergy]

"Opponents of wind and solar power sought to portray the grid collapse as proof that power systems more dependent on renewables were inherently more unstable. ENTSO-E rejected that assertion."

[Doug Herling @DougHerling]

@duncancampbell @TexasSaluki @grok Solar is judged on what was developed 5+ years ago, which is often Texas/Western plopped on good Midwest ground. I do believe that solar has a scale issue in the Midwest. A sweet spot exists that doesn’t cause displacement but delivers value to communities and the grid.

[Doug Herling @DougHerling]

@duncancampbell @TexasSaluki @grok We try to suss out when there is competing interest from ag neighbors for ground because that dynamic is real and leads to opposition if not handled. Strong commitments to soil health/topsoil pres, Agrivoltaics, drainage improvements, and setbacks can help.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@SawyerMerritt Solar/battery/EVs is the future

[Michael E. Webber @MichaelEWebber]

The Trump Administration just canceled another one of my projects even though we hit all of our technical and scientific milestones. What a way to run a country.

[Doug Herling @DougHerling]

@SecDuffy @GavinNewsom @grok how is this wildlife crossing funded and why isn’t it finished?

[Doug Herling @DougHerling]

@Ben_Inskeep And even more if we approved large scale projects instead of deferring to local decision making